Project Summary
Based in Gainesville, Florida, The Crom Corporation (Crom) designs and builds prestressed concrete water storage tanks for clients across the southeastern United States and the Caribbean. The firm's staff includes drafters, engineers, project managers, and regionally-based account managers all dedicated to delivering superior products in a timely manner. With its emphasis on quality, Crom takes the design review process for every tank seriously; as many as five internal staffers review each design. Until recently, the process was extremely time-consuming—especially for drafters. To accelerate and improve its design review workflow, Crom turned to Autodesk Design Review. With Autodesk Design Review, the firm has been able to:

• Realize more value from its design software
• Improve the productivity of drafters by as much as 20 percent
• Produce one design iteration for review instead of three
• Communicate complex design changes with greater clarity

"Our projects have short schedules, usually only eight to 15 weeks," says K. Ryan Harvey, Crom's Vice President of Engineering. "We need to complete our design reviews quickly and efficiently. With paper, faxes, and delivery services, that’s very difficult. We knew it was time to make our design review process as efficient and electronic as possible. That’s why we turned to Autodesk Design Review."